After the skit aired on “Ellen,” the Huffington Post’s own Zeba Blay asked all the questions we wondered ourselves:

How much money were these poor actors paid in a display for which minstrel show would be the only fitting description? Who wrote the sketch, and did they think it was actually funny? Who, in their right mind, would actually clear this to be aired on television? How much longer will black women’s bodies be mocked and disrespected for entertainment?

This post has been updated to show that Usain Bolt retweeted DeGeneres’ meme.